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Tuesday August 9, 2005

Woman Smuggles Birds under Wheelchair

This nice beagle saved 30 birds. A very mean lady was trying to smuggle them from Cuba into Miami, and she came up with this plan. She stuffed the birds into plastic tubes about the size of toilet paper tubes, attached them to the bottom of her wheelchair with bungee cords (always suspected fans of bungee cords), and rolled onto a plane. Customs caught her with bird-sniffing dogs. Once they unpacked it all, there were 39 birds, of which 9 were already dead.

So, who can someone tell us why this is appearing in the Chattanoogan and apparently nowhere else? Also, how was this person flying in from Cuba? Aren’t there travel restrictrictions in place?

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  1. Snoopy    Tue Aug 9, 03:02 PM #  

    MY HERO!!

  2. Biscayne Bystander    Tue Aug 9, 06:24 PM #  

    You say smuggle – I say transport.

  3. Miami Harold    Tue Aug 9, 08:46 PM #  

    Why is this not news
    (except in the Chatanoogan)?
    Because “Woman Smuggles Birds” is not news.
    “Birds Smuggle Woman”—now THAT’S news.

  4. Starting Early    Wed Aug 10, 01:35 PM #  

    Or “Internal Carrier Smuggles Birds.” Now we’re talking.

  5. oldswish    Thu Aug 11, 12:28 PM #  

    It was reported…last year when it happened.